The third excerpt represents the element of Water. It speaks of pure spiritual influences and feelings of love, and is drawn from A Woman of No Importance by Oscar Wilde: MRS. ALLONBY. He should never run down other pretty women. That
would show he had no taste, or make one suspect that he had too
much. No; he should be nice about them all, but say that somehow
they don't attract him.
LADY STUTFIELD. Yes, that is always very, very pleasant to hear
about other women.
MRS. ALLONBY. If we ask him a question about anything, he should
give us an answer all about ourselves. He should invariably praise
us for whatever qualities he knows we haven't got. But he should
be pitiless, quite pitiless, in reproaching us for the virtues that
we have never dreamed of possessing. He should never believe that
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The fourth excerpt represents the element of Earth. It speaks of physical influences and the impact of the unseen on the visible world, and is drawn from The Bride of Lammermoor by Walter Scott: an extrajudicial question."
"Sir William Ashton," said Ravenswood, "I pray you, and all who
hear me, that you will not mistake my purpose. If this young
lady, of her own free will, desires the restoration of this
contract, as her letter would seem to imply, there is not a
withered leaf which this autumn wind strews on the heath that is
more valueless in my eyes. But I must and will hear the truth
from her own mouth; without this satisfaction I will not leave
this spot. Murder me by numbers you possibly may; but I am an
armed man--I am a desperate man, and I will nto die without ample
vengeance. This is my resolution, take it as you may. I WILL
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